They had a warrant... they knocked, and announced... they had probable cause.
They did EVERYTHING the Constitution requires. People here hate the Police so much (probably after digesting the "sovereign" nonsense) that they ignore that they are in fact arguing against the CONSTITUTION.
You are wrong, while it appears they did in fact do everything correctly in this case, NO KNOCK warrents with jack booted thugs kicking doors down occurs over 70,000 times a year. That’s almost 200 times a day... So don’t expect a warm fuzzy reaction, we’ve been trained by all the times the cops killed people and dogs when they didn’t need to, and it could be prevented by knocking on the door.
Nothing about No Knock, gestpho tactics is constitutional..
Libertarian boobs!
Oh, geez, what a load. You think the cops and the judges who sign the warrants act within the confines of the constitution all the time?
Besides, this was a bench warrant for failure to appear at a prior hearing, probably an arraignment, not an arrest warrant.
What you should be asking yourself is WTH the feds were doing being involved in a simple possession of drugs and guns case in the first place. This was not manufacturing, growing or distributing, nor was it manufacturing of bombs, booby traps, anything like it. Just possession of drugs and guns. I don’t think the feds are needed for that. In fact, I’m not sure what the guy allegedly did should even be illegal, strange as that may seem to those of you who prefer the yoke of government.
Why are we paying three federal marshals, who rack down at least $150k each per year with benefits, to go serve a bench warrant? And send a state trooper along with them who actually does the work? Sounds like the feds were more of a liability than anything else.
Anyway, the whole thing is weird and does indeed smack of Ruby Ridge.